Mind, Brain and Education seminar
Come listen to Kurt Fischer, Director of the Mind, Brain and Education Program, Charles Bigelow Professor of Education and Professor of Human Development & Psychology at Harvard University. He …
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Guest speaker Skypes in
Owen Astrachan (Professor, Computer Science at Duke) invited a graduate of Duke, Ge Wang, to be a guest speaker to his Technical and Social Foundations of the Internet course (CS …
Student Video Fellowship: Video for writing projects
Students enrolled in Dr. Julie Reynolds’ Writing in Biology (Bio299), are writing honors theses. To graduate with distinctions in biology, they need signatures from three additional readers: their research supervisor, …
Student Video Fellowship: Students create videos for Biodiversity
In Dr. Julie Reynolds‘ Biodiversity course, students used Flip video cameras to create a video for public audiences in their community to explain the value of local biodiversity. Students were …
Learn IT @ Lunch: Duke Wiki and Voicethread
OIT’s Learn IT @ Lunch series offers Duke faculty, students and staff an opportunity to get some information on new technologies in a relaxed setting. Two upcoming session might be …
Student Video Fellowship: Brenda Neece
Brenda Neece Curator, Duke University Musical Instrument Collections During the 2008-2009 academic year, Brenda Neece, title, participated in the CIT’s Student Video Fellows program. This Fellows track offered a group …
Spring 2010 Blackboard Course sites created
Over 2300 Blackboard course sites have been automatically created for Spring 2010, based on data from STORM (Peoplesoft) . Certain course types, such as Independent Study and Tutorial, do not …
Take out those cell phones in class
Most students have cell phones, and more than half of all US undergraduates own an internet-capable handheld device and more plan to purchase one in the next 12 months (ECAR …
ProfHacker blog: Practical suggestions by and for faculty
ProfHacker “delivers tips, tutorials, and commentary on pedagogy, productivity, and technology in higher education.” Recent posts focus on topics such as not making assumptions about students’ technical skills, simple ways …
Five Blackboard tips for managing grades more easily
1. DOWN ARROWS Blackboard 8 introduced new “contextual menus” – the down-arrows icon on the Grade Center. Don’t be afraid to click through some of these icons. You will discover …